A nurse is speaking with politicians about the need to modify the poverty threshold to be fairer to people living in poverty and people living just over the poverty line.
Which of the following are potential ways that the poverty threshold could be amended to be more accurate or fair?
Select all that apply.
A. Amend it to reflect increased spending on health care and transportation.
B. Amend it to reflect increased housing costs.
C. Amend it to reflect increased need and cost of childcare.
D. Amend it to reflect increased spending on food.
E. Amend it to reflect regional cost of living.
Question 2
A nurse is working within a community clinic on the Mexican-Californian border. The nurse frequently takes care of refugee families when they first arrive in the United States.
When meeting with a new family, the nurse makes sure to inform them that they are eligible for which of the following services?
A. Medicaid eligibility
B. Free health insurance for 1 year
C. Housing and food support
D. Free English classes
A nurse communicates with her non–English-speaking patient through an interpreter
The concept of a threshold stimulus.
Patterns of Poverty
Nurse measuring the recumbent height of a toddler
The threshold model explains the discontinuous distribution of some multifactorial traits. In this m
Familial Risks for Multifactorial Threshold Traits